Product Highlights

Products Fabrications is pleased to highlight the following two projects:

Inconel 625 Alloy "Quick Open" Closures

These alloy closures are manufactured of Inconel 625 for all process wetted components, with the non-wetted trim components of 316L Stainless Steel. This equipment is designed and built for Shell Exploration and Production, for the Mars “A” platform, located in the Gulf of Mexico. These units were required to be designed per UG-35 as a quick-open, tool-less closures. These closures were designed and built to seal the end of the ASME code pressure vessels, while allowing full access to the vessel interior for filter element change out.

These vessels are going to be used as filters for polishing sea water prior to deep well injection. This closure design incorporates safe, ease of access via the “No Sway” davit arm design. The closure is designed to have positive locking features which will prevent any leakage or premature opening from the pressurized water inside the vessel. The closures are forty-eight inches in diameter and full ANSI 150# class design. These closures were selected as the “Best Available Technology” for this application.

Built at Products Fabrication Inc. and delivered January 2010.

AL6XN Alloy Strainers

These Vertical Basket Strainers are manufactured of AL6XN for all process wetted components. This equipment is designed and built for Valero’s Benecia Refinery, located in Northern California. The strainers were required to be designed with this alloy for corrosion resistance to the process fluids. These vessels were designed to process up to 9120 gallons per minute of Quench water in the refinery processing train.

These vessels are thirty inches in diameter and full ANSI 150# class design. These units are being built with carbon steel flanges as these are not wetted components that would have increased the overall cost of the project more than 30%. Thus, with PFI’s knowledge of fabrication for these types of vessels, we saved the customer significant capital expense, while still producing a first class quality product.

Built at Products Fabrication Inc. and delivered February 2010.